Mushikitee

Mushikitee is a large island in the Peace River, surrounded by the rolling hills of its valley. Alexander Mackenzie recorded its name as a Cree word meaning “big” during his travels through this country. The Peace flows east through the traditional lands of the Dane-zaa, or Beaver people. Farther upstream, Fort Dunvegan, established in 1805, became a centre of the fur trade in the valley and a link with the country to the west.